'Jinx' murder suspect Robert Durst just sent this rambling letter to the LA Times

Two weeks after an LA Times reporter sent an inquiry to real
estate magnate and alleged murderer Robert Durst,
he responded — with a handwritten letter.

Durst — who is being held at Elayn Hunt
Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, Lousiana, for allegedly
murdering his long-time friend Susan Berman back in 2000 —
reportedly sent the letter to LA Times Hou­s­ton bur­eau
chief Molly Hen­nessy-Fiske from a Louisiana
jail after he was arrested in New Orleans on an out-of-state
murder warrant in March.

Durst comes off as light-hearted and personable in the
letter, starting with "hiya Molly" and signing it "Bob." In it,
he refuses to address the murder charges, talking instead about
his love of opera and professional football and his hatred of
LA's notorious traffic.

“I loved watching the traffic come up La Cienega and mush
into Santa Monica," the letter said. "Hated L.A. traffic which
makes Houston seem like a small town."

Durst goes on to say that although he enjoyed his years
living in West Hollywood, he moved to Texas so that he could
receive treatment for his worsening health problems at
Houston Medical Center.

"As my minor balance (problem) expanded into full
blown hydrocephalus requiring a shunt I knew that if I was going
to let some guy drill into my head, there was no place I would be
willing to go ahead other than the Houston medical center and I
left L.A.,” he wrote.

Towards the end of the letter, Durst asks that the reporter
make one thing clear if she is going to publish any part of their
correspondence: "I have said nothing about charges, crimes, or
trials."

Here is the full letter:

LA
Times

LA Times

Durst 's attorney,
Houston-based litigator Dick DeGuerin, told the LA Times
that the letter "looks like his [Durst's]
handwriting."

Durst was the subject of
an
HBO documentary series called "The Jinx," about the cloud of
suspicion hanging over him after the unsolved 2000 murder of the
journalist Susan Berman. The documentary's producers revealed
in March that they had unearthed an audio recording of Durst
"confessing" to the crime while he was in the bathroom one day
during filming.

Though he is wanted by LA
police, Durst has waived extradition and is being held in
Louisiana on state gun charges (officers say they found him in a
New Orleans hotel room with a .38 revolver and
marijuana; as a convicted felon he is barred from owning a
gun).

Durst seemed fairly confident
he would soon return to LA, however, noting, "I am sure you
know what your abilities are to visit me when I get to
L.A.”